2 Cor. 6:14-18
PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ANSWER AND DON'T BE RUDE !!!
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2006-06-19 16:57:27 · 16 answers · asked by pocomaxsandy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not being rude...I just didn't want rude answers,thank you so kindly.....and just like you, I wanna share what I have learn .DON'T THE JOY OF THE WORD BUBBLE FORTH,I CAN'T HOLD IT IN ,Do you?
2006-06-20 14:57:38 · update #1
Your question throws me off a little because I've just read the passage twice to make sure I understand it - the way I read it, is we should not mix pagan symbolism with Christianity. We should be set apart. That we are not to touch the unclean things of the pagan ways. This is why we see so many things called "Christian" that really are not - they are what I call religious christian and they give True Christians, True followers of Christ a bad name or at least we get lumped in the same loaf of bread as the religion, when we are not of the "christian religion" at all, we are of Christ. If I have misunderstood your question please let me know, but this is how I understand the passage you asked to be read.
2006-06-19 17:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by dph_40 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where did Perm Dude do his research? Everything is backwards. Christianity began as a new covenant between God and people, which also broke off the bondage that had been placed upon the Jewish people by the leaders of Jewish community at that time. Later as Christianity spread abroad to Europe and Asia, various ethnicities tried to mix their previous cultures and beliefs with Christianity to make something that satisfied them. Also, up until after the time of Martin Luther, the Catholic Church twisted what was reality with what would fulfill their desires. They forced new laws upon the people that were supposedly required for entrance into heaven. Some of them included different holidays and celebrations that ended up being carried down over the years to us. All of these were in actuality false, and almost all of them required for peasants to pay money to the church. Most of this money of course went to the cardinals, bishops, and priests.
2006-06-20 00:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by Just Wondering 777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes....but Christan holidays almost ALL revolve around Paganism's symbols and rituals. Christmas is tied in to the Pagan holiday Yule, which is a time of rebirth.....Easter is tied into the Pagan holiday Ostara (named after the Welsh Goddess Eostra...see any resemblance?), .....this was a fertility based holiday, hende the "easter egg", symbolizing fertility....which Christian children joyfully huint for every easter without really knowing the meaning behind it. I could go on and on, but Christianity changed many of it's holidays and tituals in order to make it easier to convert Pagans to their faith. They thought it would be a lot easier if they kept things as close to the old religion as possible (Paganism) so that Pagans didn't feel like they were changing that much.
2006-06-20 00:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by celticvampiria 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I know that. But most people do not seem to know that. Easter and Christmas are pagan holidays. Easter takes on two meanings. One which is clearly pagan and the other is ok and acceptable. But the title "Easter" is offensive in that it comes from the word "Astarte" which is a fertility god back from the days of the Roman Empire.
And no Jesus was not born in the spring... it was in the fall. During the harvest season. For that was the time that taxes were due. And if you recall... Mary and Joseph were going to where?? to pay their taxes?
2006-06-20 00:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by ddead_alive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Verily the Bible speaketh the truth. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? Therefore, I cannot telleth you whether I knoweth what this meaneth since you obviously either light or dark and I cannot telleth which eth you be ith. Is ":)" a pagan symbol or just a secular symbol. And what about the clanging of symbols and the tinkling of bells and just tinkling for tinkling sake.
2006-06-20 00:05:20 · answer #5 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I knew that. Now find a Christian or Catholic who did! That's the real trick.
The Catholics mixed paganism into their beliefs to get pagans to convert easily. It happened with the Romans, Greeks, Aztecs, etc. That's why we have so many variations on the Virgin Mary (there's a black one, a brown one and a white one!) There are also entire celebrations of the "Christian faith" that are completely based on Pagan theology.
2006-06-20 00:03:22 · answer #6 · answered by bitto luv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can we not be rude when you come across as rude yourself? Christianity began as a mix of pagan symbolism, Jewish theology, and a new message of love and forgiveness. You can't just try to wipe away a part of Christianity's history just because you don't like it.
2006-06-20 00:01:02 · answer #7 · answered by PermDude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok.....there are still loads of pagan things in the Christian faith. Easter, Christmas, Santa, the Easter Bunny, and many other things all come from pagan origins. Santa in particular is based off of a pagan God who would ride around in bloody flayed animal skin whipping bad children. lol.
2006-06-20 00:01:37 · answer #8 · answered by Frodo the space bard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, but that was very useful to early Christians--Easter was a fertility festival, etc. All of our major holidays have a basis in paganism.
2006-06-20 00:01:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
But much of Chirstianity was altered to coincide with pagan celebrations.
Jesus was not born in winter but in spring.
2006-06-19 23:59:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋